Can You Name This Story? (Part 19)

I read a book when younger about a post apocalyptic world were different groups had survived only because of their genetically engineered changes.

The protagonist is of a group that have gills (if I recall, he also had some mystical training that let him walk a road of some kind that resulted in teleportation), and their enemies were a group lead by a red lizard man.

I think there may have been a sequel written, but I read this book nearly 20 years ago, and I have no clue what the title was (I think the cover had a red lizard headed humanoid in a desert setting).

Whatever this is, I’ve got to read it!! I’m a big fan of underwater, gill-morphing tales. You may also want to check out “Waters of Centaurus” by Rosel George Brown, “Caves of Karst” by Lee Hoffman, “Red Tide” by Chapman and Tarzan, or the pulpy “Attar the Merman” series.

Lex: If I recall correctly, the gilled protagonist enjoys swimming, but they live on land, and some actively distance themselves from their non-pure dna.

Gary: I’ll have to pick that one up from the library, pulpy fantasy novels can be a lot of fun!

My local library has a book request form to have them hunt down books by loose description, I will be filling one of these out later today, I’ve never had them find the book I was looking for, but I have enjoyed the books they suggested.

Well, I have no triumphs to report, I have searched libraries (I suspect the book was old enough that it would’ve been part of the yearly damaged-book culling at some point), and searched my huge local second hand store (reading every title and summary, and looking over every cover) and found nothing.

Well, thanks for posting this here for me, I did find some interesting suggestions to read and I’ll maybe remember the title or author some late night as I fall asleep.